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the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:05 am
by quoonbeatz
no, not a davemanu2000 post but an article on goal.
not seen it posted before so apologies if it has been.
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Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:47 am
by martin_p
Another in an increasingly long list of great articles about our club.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:58 am
by piston broke
Well found. Cracking article.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:03 am
by elwaclaret
Nothing we don't know but nice to see others are realising just what a turnaround there has actually been. Well deserved credit for an amazing journey
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:17 am
by john'sroseyspecs
Didn't realise before ( haven't checked but assume it's true) that Burnley has the only combination of a British manager and chairman in the prem.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:21 am
by Lancasterclaret
Everton are now aren't they?
And West Ham
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:24 am
by john'sroseyspecs
Forgot about them. But for how long !
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:26 am
by UpTheBeehole
Lancasterclaret wrote:Everton are now aren't they?
And West Ham
The article says English owner/manager combo.
Moyes is Scottish so that's West Ham out, and as the article was written ahead of the Arsenal game, Allardyce hadn't been appointed by Everton then, and their owner, Moshiri, was born in Iran and is resident in Monaco.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:32 am
by CrosspoolClarets
Excellent article. We are even playing better football now, and our away form is magnificent. Soon there will be nothing left for the doommongers to moan about.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:40 am
by hampsteadclaret
When the decent results are coming in, there are always a few punters who disappear off here.
It does annoy me a little, because otherwise they post on here and generally churn out negativity, bad news stories, and take the general mood down.
Stay away completely, you know who you are.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:02 pm
by TVC15
john'sroseyspecs wrote:Didn't realise before ( haven't checked but assume it's true) that Burnley has the only combination of a British manager and chairman in the prem.
Are you sure ?
Stoke ?
Palace ?
West Ham ?
Swansea ?
Worryingly that list currently represents 4 out of the bottom 5. In the face of statistics like this we need to get rid of Dyche immediately and appoint maybe Di Canio to bring some stability to our club.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:18 pm
by woody
TVC15 wrote:Are you sure ?
Stoke ?
Palace ?
West Ham ?
Swansea ?
Worryingly that list currently represents 4 out of the bottom 5. In the face of statistics like this we need to get rid of Dyche immediately and appoint maybe Di Canio to bring some stability to our club.
Stoke, Hughes is Welsh
Palace, Owned by Americans
West Ham, Moyes is Scottish
Swansea, Owned by Americans
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:21 pm
by moaninclaret
Great post quoon, enjoyed it, thanks
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:22 pm
by Dyched
Good article but I can't agree with that title "the burnley miracle"
It isn't a miracle. It's been bloody graft for everybody involved.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:25 pm
by CanuckClaret
Dyched wrote:Good article but I can't agree with that title "the burnley miracle"
It isn't a miracle. It's been bloody graft for everybody involved.
To be fair to the author of the piece, he does start with "Sound planning, hard work and a community ethos have put 'plucky' Burnley among the Premier League's elite..."
Long may it continue - Up the Clarets!!
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:46 pm
by wilks_bfc
Get off the train at Burnley’s Manchester Road station on a matchday. You’ll be carried along with the crowds, up the ramp, and then take a left.
Go downhill past the Weavers’ Triangle visitor centre and, at the next junction, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Vogue nightclub currently embroiled in an unlikely legal dispute with some old magazine of the same name in America.
Once you get to the heavily reconstructed square in front of the Charter Walk Shopping Centre, hang a right.
He made that more complicated than it should be - could have just gone down Centenary Way
Good article though. I'm really enjoying reading these "random" pieces about us, that for once are praising us as opposed to calling us "lucky"
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:55 pm
by bfcjg
Thought this was going to be about a wallet being found and returned to its owner in Burnley Wood.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:09 pm
by TVC15
woody wrote:Stoke, Hughes is Welsh
Palace, Owned by Americans
West Ham, Moyes is Scottish
Swansea, Owned by Americans
The post I referenced said "chairmen" (not owners) and British.
Last time I checked Wales and Scotland were still in GB - unless I have missed a couple of referendums !!
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:21 pm
by woody
TVC15 wrote:The post I referenced said "chairmen" (not owners) and British.
Last time I checked Wales and Scotland were still in GB - unless I have missed a couple of referendums !!
The article says "English" and "owners" maybe you should have read it ?
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:27 pm
by Steve1956
What a fabulous article and not a whiff of Bullshit.....brilliant
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:31 pm
by Steve1956
hampsteadclaret wrote:When the decent results are coming in, there are always a few punters who disappear off here.
It does annoy me a little, because otherwise they post on here and generally churn out negativity, bad news stories, and take the general mood down.
Stay away completely, you know who you are.
I mentioned that in a post I started earlier Hampstead,it got deleted, I agree they do go missing when we are doing well,as Hampstead says you know who you are ....stay away we don't need your negativity.

Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:18 pm
by Top Claret
Excellent read. Makes me think when I look back over the last 40 years,realise where we were then and what the club has been through on and off the pitch. We nearly went out of the league in the 80s and not to long ago in 2008 the club was near to administration.
The club is moving from strength to strength in all departments. We are now established playing in the best league in the world
and with the present set up we should be in this position for years to come. New training facility and on going improvements to Turf Moor.
I have been following the clarets home and away since the late 60s. I can honestly say that the future of the club has never been in better hands,long may it continue
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:31 pm
by TVC15
woody wrote:The article says "English" and "owners" maybe you should have read it ?
Ok cheers for the advice
Maybe you should have just read the post I was referencing
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:34 pm
by UpTheBeehole
TVC15 wrote:Ok cheers for the advice
Maybe you should have just read the post I was referencing
But the initial post was incorrect.
The article was talking about english owners and managers.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:37 pm
by TVC15
Yep I get that now !
It was still a response to someone else's post. I only skim read the article and did not know his post was wrong
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 3:21 pm
by Buxtonclaret
Great read, Quoon.

Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:41 pm
by holdyourfire
TQ book on my xmas list,looks like a great read.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:59 pm
by Chester Perry
martin_p wrote:Another in an increasingly long list of great articles about our club.
perhaps we should have pinned thread with them all in so that when we have a dark day we can remember with a smile
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:51 am
by Buxtonclaret
Chester Perry wrote:perhaps we should have pinned thread with them all in so that when we have a dark day we can remember with a smile
Not a bad idea.
There have been some very good ones recently.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 1:17 am
by Dazzler
"Get off the train at Burnley’s Manchester Road station on a matchday. You’ll be carried along with the crowds, up the ramp, and then take a left.
Go downhill past the Weavers’ Triangle visitor centre and, at the next junction, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Vogue nightclub currently embroiled in an unlikely legal dispute with some old magazine of the same name in America.
Once you get to the heavily reconstructed square in front of the Charter Walk Shopping Centre, hang a right.
Negotiate the roundabout at Yorkshire Street and you’re now going towards Harry Potts way."
Being a bit pedantic but I would have thought this way was the quicker route.
Taken from the Football Ground Guide site
Manchester Road Station
Upon leaving the station cross the main road towards the cinema. The ground should be clearly visible in the distance straight ahead. Turn left and progress down "Centenary Way" an unmissable dual carriageway (A682) going downhill towards the ground. A few minutes walk down this road will bring you to a roundabout where you should turn right under the canal bridge into Yorkshire Street (A671). Continue down this road and you will reach Turf Moor on your left, with the away stand the first to be reached.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 10:52 am
by ablueclaret
The reason I don't post any more Hampstead is censorship pure and simple. Something you liberals seem to share in common with your Marxist allies.
As for the side, doing exactly what I believed we could do last year if we played 5 in midfield away from home.
Now a better side and playing with purpose and some style. Long may it last.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:19 am
by Lord Beamish
ablueclaret wrote:The reason I don't post any more Hampstead is censorship pure and simple. Something you liberals seem to share in common with your Marxist allies.
As for the side, doing exactly what I believed we could do last year if we played 5 in midfield away from home.
Now a better side and playing with purpose and some style. Long may it last.
Nah! The reason you don't post all that much is because you're mainly posting as Wile E Coyote, these days.
Re: the burnley miracle
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 11:21 am
by brigante
Hendricks beard was a bad move